Body found in Tinicum ID'd as Massachusetts resident

TINICUM -- Police identified a body that washed up on the shore of the Delaware River at Governor Printz Park as a Massachusetts man, according to several media reports.

Police identified the man as Frank Basile, 48, of East Longmeadow, Mass.

Basile originally was scheduled to fly out of Philadelphia International Airport last Friday, but his flight was cancelled, police said. Due to the cancellation, police said, Basile spent Friday night at the Holiday Inn in the Essington section of Tinicum. The East Longmeadow Police Department reported Basile as missing Saturday after he did not arrive from his rescheduled flight.

Police and the Delaware County Medical Examiner's office are investigating Basile's death.

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The body was found floating in the river around 4 p.m. Sunday, when police requested a Marine Unit to assist with the recovery.